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Mine by the Right of the White Election
Emily Dickinson · 1890
Catalog grade guidance: 9–12 — Short lyric; Todd/Higginson text of the three early series.
10 content lines · 47 words · Est. recitation about 30 sec (approx.)
Public-domain text for reading and recitation practice. Source: Project Gutenberg eBook #12242, Poems by Emily Dickinson, Three Series, Complete.Estimated time uses ~120 words/minute plus short pauses—not a contest rule.
I. MINE. Mine by the right of the white election! Mine by the royal seal! Mine by the sign in the scarlet prison Bars cannot conceal! Mine, here in vision and in veto! Mine, by the grave's repeal Titled, confirmed, -- delirious charter! Mine, while the ages steal!